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Opening Night Honors Jay Leff: A Long Beach Original

By Sharon Kenigsberg, Director of Endowments & Community Development

This year’s Opening Night event will honor the contributions of Jay Leff, who has tirelessly devoted his life to the betterment of our local Jewish Community.

Celebrating Jay Leff On Opening Night, our community comes together to kick-off the Jewish Federation Annual Community Campaign which benefits our entire community. As part of the celebration, we will also be honoring Jerome “Jay” Leff, someone who has been an integral part of our community and has given his time and talents to make our Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus a home for all.

Jay made his debut on April 24, 1924 at Seaside Hospital (which is now Memorial). It is rare to find someone whose Long Beach roots go back that far. The Jewish community was very small then. There was a Jewish Community Building at Anaheim and Magnolia streets, in which both the Reform and Conservative synagogues shared space, and Jay’s parents actually met at that center in 1921.

Active in the Young Couple’s group at the old Jewish Community Building, Jay and his wife Laura were asked to chair a dinner/dance for the Jewish Welfare Fund and that is how he got his start volunteering with the Jewish Community.

In 1960, when the community built what we now refer to as “the old JCC,” Jay started the Art Committee with director Gerry Bubis. Since that time forth, he has stayed with the Art Committee which is responsible for choosing and hanging all of the art exhibits that you now see in the Gatov Gallery in the Lentzner Family Promenade. In addition, Jay has served on the Alpert Jewish Community Center board and received the JCC President’s Founder Award in 1997 and the Hineni Award in 1999. Jay also served on the Jewish Family & Children’s Service board and was active on committees with the Federation.

In the general community, Jay has served on the boards of the Long Beach Cancer Society, the Long Beach Symphony, the Long Beach Opera, and was President of the Long Beach Arts Council.

Jay had a successful career as a commercial interior designer and has worked on offices, hospitals and many hotels around the world, including the Four Seasons in New York and the David’s Citadel in Jerusalem. Knowing the importance of having a beautiful building for the community, Jay volunteered to join the original “New Campus” Construction Committee and worked with Linda Gordon and others to work on the interior design. He is very proud of the building and stated, “I was interested in the esthetic of our community building. It is important to have an atmosphere that is welcoming. I also believe it is important that we continue to invest in this campus for all to use and have the resources to continue to keep the campus looking good.”

Jay remarked that L’Dor v’Dor has been his inspiration and his children and some of his grandchildren grew up at the Alpert Jewish Community Center. He recently supported the Falk Family Playground Refurbishment and feels it is important to pass on the love of community. Jay has two children: Karin (Polacheck) and Randy; 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He is proud to have spent the last 18 years with his significant other, Esther Albert.

Opening Night Film Join your local Jewish Community at this year’s Opening Night reception, followed by this year’s featured film Dough. There will be a reception with desserts, coffee, and an espresso bar in the Lentzner Family Promenade and the Leon & Barbara Shoag Rotunda, which will begin at 6:00 pm, hosted by the Jewish Federation and generously sponsored by Gelson’s. The film screening will begin at 7:00 pm in the Amy & Richard Lipeles Family Auditorium. Tickets are free with a pledge to Federation’s 2017/5777 Annual Community Campaign. In addition, with your 2017 pledge, you may purchase a discounted Film Festival Pass for only $35. To RSVP, please contact Amy Levenstein-Pulido at events@jewishlongbeach.org or (562) 426-7601 ext. 1417.

“You don’t have to be baked to make some dough” is the tagline of this year’s chosen Opening Night film Dough. Jonathan Pryce of HBO’s popular “Game of Thrones” series, plays a struggling baker who owns a Kosher bakery located on London’s East Side. Finding himself overworked and understaffed, Pryce’s character reluctantly takes in an apprentice who has a side marijuana selling gig to make ends meet for both himself and his immigrant mother.

An accident with the dough one day leads to the bakery having challah flying off the shelves and an unlikely friendship forms between the two characters. Dough will have you falling off your chairs and rolling on the floor laughing, as it touches your hearts.

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Jonathan Pryce (r) and Jerome Holder (l) are an unlikely baking duo in this year’s chosen featured film Dough.

Long Beach Jewish Film Festival The Long Beach Jewish Film Festival is cosponsored by the Alpert Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation, the Jewish Community Foundation, Jewish Family & Children’s Service, Long Beach Hillel, and CSULB Jewish Studies Department.

In addition to Opening Night, the Long Beach Jewish Film Festival will be screening four other Jewish-themed films from around the world.

Sabena Hijacking - My Version, Thurs, 11/10, 7:30 pm Newly-discovered audio recordings of the plane’s pilot, added to the video testimony of others directly involved- including Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, and a surviving woman hijacker- make this retelling of the Sabena hijacking gripping and authentic.

Atomic Falafel, Sat, 11/12, 7:30 pm It’s Dr. Strangelove updated as bureaucrats in Iran and Israel are poised to wipe each other off the map. Can two cross-cultural teenage Internet girlfriends, a young hacker with a powerful worm, the falafel queen of the desert, and a German with a strange allergy somehow prevent nuclear disaster?

Rosenwald, Sun, 11/13, 10:00 am It’s the South before the civil rights era, and the schools are segregated. But Tzedekah from the man who turned Sears Roebuck into an empire is making a difference that will be felt for generations.

Firebirds, Sun, 11/13, 2:00 pm Burnt-out detectives work in Israel, too! This one is swept up in a moody murder mystery involving survivors and an aging gigolo.

Long Beach Jewish Film Festival individual tickets or the Film Festival Pass are available at the P.E. desk at the AJCC or at registration on Opening Night. For more information, visit alpertjcc.org/adults/jewish-film-festival.

To become a Film Festival Patron, please contact Susan Paletz at spaletz@alpertjcc.org or (562) 426-7601 ext. 1012.

To make your 2017/5777 Annual Community Campaign Pledge, visit jewishfederations.org.

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Legacy of Leadership Meet Our Honorees

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The Kaballah of Happiness

By Sharon Kenigsberg, Director of Endowments & Community Development

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The Kabbalah of Happiness

By Sharon Kenigsberg, Director of Endowments & Community Development

Kabbalah is an ancient Jewish tradition that seeks to define the universe through mystical religious interpretations.

The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County invites the community to join Rabbi Abba Perelmuter, on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. to explore The Kabbalah of Happiness: How Jewish Mysticism Delves into the Psyche of Happiness that Allows People to Live Meaningful Lives.

Rabbi Perelmuter will lead us in a discussion about the history of Jewish Mysticism and how it applies to our

lives in the 21st Century. The program will be held at the Alpert Jewish Community Center on the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus.

Rabbi Perelmuter is the spiritual leader and founder of Shul by the Shore. He

In 1988, the Perelmuter’s moved to California, where Rabbi Perelmuter started working at The Hebrew Academy.

The Shul by the Shore welcomes Jews of diverse religious backgrounds. In addition to High Holiday services, they offer Shabbat services and educational courses, covering various topics, such as Torah study, Jewish history, and Kaballah.

The program is open to the community and there is no fee, but please RSVP so that we have enough materials for all. Please RSVP by e-mailing Yolanda Placencio at yplacencio@ jewishlongbeach.org or call

was born in Montreal, Canada and was ordained at the Lubavitcher Rabbinical Seminary in New York.

He moved to Boston, MA where together with his wife, Chanie, they ran the Chabad House at Boston University.

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Area Synagogue Upcoming Events Please contact the synagogue directly with any questions using the Synagogue Directory (right) and see our Community Calendar at jewishlongbeach.org for more community event listings.

BEIT HALEV Friday, 11/4, 7:00 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat services continue as usual on Friday evenings in Leisure World, Clubhouse 6, Room B (upstairs).

Saturday, 11/5, 10:00 am: Shacharit Shabbat Service.

Beit HaLev will start conducting weekly Torah services every Saturday morning. Services will be followed by a Kiddush, a potluck lunch & a Torah Study session. Location will be announced at a later date.

Contact Rabbi Galit LevySlater for location details.

Monday, 11/7, 10:30 am: “Judaism 101” weekly classes start. 1:00 pm: “Trope Training” classes.

Tuesday, 11/8, 11:30 am: “Hebrew 1” weekly classes start. 12:30 pm: “Hebrew 2”. Classes are held in the Clubhouse 1 Lobby, unless otherwise notified.

Really Trying and (ii.) Turning Handicaps Into Advantages.

(2.) “Can I Use My Cell Phone on Shabbat? (i.) A Talmudic Textual Study of the Shabbat Rules & Regulations.

(3.) “End of Life Issues” (i.)

Pulling the Plug/Inserting a Feeding Tube/DNR and (ii.)

Medical Directives/Saying CONGREGATION Goodbye. Coarses in the SHIR CHADASH Friday, 11/4, 7:00 pm: series return at the same time New Innovative Musical on 11/10, 11/17, 12/1, Shabbat Service. Feel the 12/8 & 12/15. Cost is $90 energy as a new generation for entire series or $36 per of young adults create individual course. services together with Rabbi Gindlin, including their favorite TEMPLE BETH DAVID melodies & poetry. Every first Friday, 11/4, 10:00 am: Friday of the month will be Family Shabbat with Storytime.

Shabbat Tikvah (Shabbat of Saturday, 11/5, 7:00 pm: Hope). All Hebrew School Cantorial Concert with Temple students, past & present, Beth David Cantor Nancy are welcome to participate. Linder. Also featuring Ivan Entire community is welcome Rutherford of Broadway & Le to attend.

Miserables fame & The Los Friday, 11/25, 9:30 am: Alamitos High School Choir.

Rummage Sale. If you have Auction & reception. General any nice items you would seating is $25. Premiere like to donate to this popular seating is $50. Sponsorships annual event, please contact available at $250, $500 & Office Administration. $1,000. RSVP to (714) 8926623. Make checks payable SHUL BY THE SHORE to Temple Beth David, 6100 Thursday, 11/3, 7:30 pm: Hefley Street, Westminster, Exercise Your Brain with Rabbi Abba Perelmuter.

Rabbi Perelmuter will cover three different topics. (1.)

“The Kaballah of Success” (i.) How to Succeed Without

Synagogue Directory Beit HaLev (I) 13044 Del Monte Drive Seal Beach, CA 90740 Contact: Rabbi Galit Levy-Slater Phone: 562-493-2680 Email: duets@icloud.com Website: www.galityomtov.com­­­ Chabad of Los Alamitos (O) 12340 Seal Beach Blvd. Suite B-219 Seal Beach, CA 90740 Contact: Rabbi Shmuel Marcus Phone: 714-828-1851 Email: smarcus@jewishcypress.com Website: www.chabadlosal.com Chabad of West Orange County/ Congregation Adat Israel (O) 5052 Warner Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Contact: Rabbi Aron David Berkowitz Phone: 714-846-2285 Email: info@chabadhb.com Website: www.chabadhb.com Congregation Lubavitch (O) 3981 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807 Contact: Rabbi Yitzchok Newman Phone: 562-426-5480 Email: yitzyg@aol.com

CA 92683.

Saturday, 11/12, 5:30 pm: “Deli Man” Film Screening.

Deli food is served.

Sponsorshop by Brotherhood.

Sunday, 11/13: Larry Mauer Brunch. Sponsored

by Sisterhood. “Songs That Inspired a Nation” by Larry Mauer, Entertainer at Bowers Museum. $25 per person or $75 for sponsor. Mimosas & delicious brunch will be served. Make checks payable to TBD Sisterhood, 6100 Hefley Street, Westminster, CA 92683.

Sunday, 11/20, 5:30 pm: Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council 20th Anniversary Dinner & Annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service. $15 for dinner.

TEMPLE BETH SHALOM Saturday,11/12,10:00 am: Scout Shabbat. Temple Beth Shalom & Scout Pack 613 invites the public to bring the family & join them for this special Shabbat services.

They will be honoring all of our Veteran Members, Scouts, past and present. If you’re a Veteran, or you know of

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a member who’s a Veteran, please bring them. Please join them after the services, as the Scout Pack will be hosting a “mini carnvial” for all to enjoy. To RSVP for event, please contact Rachel Plotkin-Olumese at rtothetop@ aol.com by Wednesday, November 9th.

Sunday, 11/13, 9:45 am: Annual Torah Fund Event.

Sisterhood of Temple Beth Shalom invites the public to participate in honoring Hazzan Judy Sofer with the Ha’ya Olam Award. Speaker is Reb Mimi Fiegelson, DHL. Brunch will be served. $10 couvert is requested. RSVP

by Wednesday, November 2nd with Mrs. Janis Simon at jgsimon18@gmail.com or (562) 633-0205.

TEMPLE ISRAEL Friday, 11/4, 6:00 pm: Blessing of the Animals Shabbat in the Park. Meet Temple Israel at El Dorado Park’s Willow Grove Picnic Site, bring a picnic dinner, and join the membership for this special service. Pet-friendly treats served.

Congregation Shir Chadash (I) 6440 Del Amo Blvd.

Lakewood, CA 90713 Contact: Rabbi Mariana Gindlin Phone: 562-429-0715 Email: csclakewood@dslextreme.com Website: www.CongregationShirChadash.org Congregation Sholom of Leisure World, Seal Beach (C) 13044 Del Monte Drive Seal Beach, CA 90740 Contact & Phone: President - 562-431-0113 Phone: Membership - 562-296-5567 Email: congsholomlwsb@gmail.com P’nai Or (I) 3955 N. Studebaker Road Long Beach, CA 90808 Phone: 562-364-5154 Email: info@pnaior.org Website: www.pnaior.org Shul By The Shore (O) Seaport Marina Hotel 6400 Pacific Coast Highway Long Beach, California 90803 Contact: Rabbi Abba Perelmuter Phone: 562-621-9828 Email: rabbi@shulbytheshore.org Website: www.shulbytheshore.org Surf City Synagogue (C) Services held at the HB Central Library 7111 Talbert Ave. Huntington Beach Phone: 714-596-2220 E-Mail: info@surfcitysynagogue.org Temple Beth David (R) 6100 Hefley St. Westminster, CA 92683 Contact: Rabbi Nancy Myers Phone: 714-892-6623 Email: tbdavid@templebethdavid.org Website: www.templebethdavid.org Temple Beth Ohr (R) 15721 E. Rosecrans Ave. La Mirada, CA 90638 Contact: Rabbi Mark Goldfarb Phone: 714-521-6765 Email:office@templebethohr.com Website: www.templebethohr.com Temple Beth Shalom (C) 3635 Elm Avenue Long Beach, CA 90807 Contact: Rabbi David Cantor Phone: 562-426-6413 Fax: 562-426-7824 Email: office@tbslb.org Website: www.tbslb.org Temple Israel (R) 269 Loma Ave. Long Beach, CA 90803 Contact: Rabbi Steven Moskowitz Phone: 562-434-0996 Email: info@tilb.org Website: www.tilb.org Temple Ner Tamid of Downey (R) 10629 Lakewood Boulevard Downey, CA 90241 Contact: Rabbi Daniel Mehlman Phone: 562-861-9276 Email: templenertamid1@dslextreme.com Website: www.downeytemplenertamid.org (C)=Conservative (I)=Independent (O)=Orthodox (R)=Reform

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I Like to Cook

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By Rabbi Nancy Myers

I purchased some nice bright orange sugar pie pumpkins.

I sliced them in half and scooped out Rabbi Nancy the pumpkin’s Myers seeds to reserve for roasting later on. As the pumpkin baked in the oven, I kneaded flour into cold chunks of butter with my fingertips until I have dough. The pie crust chills in the fridge. Within a couple of hours, I puree the roasted pumpkin with cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, eggs, and brown sugar and fill my flaky crust with it. As it bakes in the oven, the spices fill the kitchen and house. Later, it becomes my perfect pumpkin pie.

Even though I’m quite busy being a congregational rabbi and mom, I still take time to cook. I like chopping onions,

garlic, and kale, mixing flour, almond meal, and sugar, and creating fantastic dinners for my family and friends. It is soothing and very gratifying.

I find myself feeling lucky that I can obtain juicy kosher chicken, fresh rainbow chard, and varied ingredients to tantalize my taste buds. How lucky I am. How lucky are all of us.

This month is the holiday of Thanksgiving. We give thanks for the harvest, for the pilgrims finding their way to America, for our luck in being born in a country of relative safety, security, and opportunity.

Gratitude is also an inherent Jewish value. Taking time to count our blessings, appreciate what we have, is essential to true spirituality. Our liturgy reminds us to be grateful to God. Our holidays celebrate the gift of our survival. And of course, we are always grateful for food.

My grandmother, I called Graful, because as a young child I combined her first name Ethel with ‘grandma’, told me stories of her mother. Rachel was born in the late 1800’s in Poland and suffered cold and fierce hunger. Rachel would often go to bed without any dinner because there was no food in the house. Sometimes, her mother would collect a few coins owed to her father and procure some stale bread.

Rachel would be awakened from sleep, so she could have a slice of bread and glass of watered down milk. Rachel and her siblings scoured the country side for berries in summer and hoped for a better life in America.

Here I am. The great granddaughter of people who left Eastern Europe hoping that their children and grandchildren wouldn’t go to bed hungry. Not

only do I not go hungry, I cook and bake with the passion of a gourmet chef. I feel so lucky that my ancestors were willing and able to leave all that they knew for a better future. I am thankful to God that I am alive and have two wonderful children. I am grateful for the easy winters in Southern California and the incredible beauty of the ocean, mountains, and desert. I am grateful to be living in the United States. A place where I could go to college and become a rabbi.

In the Talmud, Ben Zoma in Berakhot looks upon a crowd on the steps of the Temple Mount. “Blessed be God!” He exclaims. “Adam had to go through so many labors just to eat. He ploughed, sowed, reaped, threshed, winnowed, ground, and then sifted flour just so he could have bread. If Adam wanted to wear clothing, he

had to shear, wash wool, comb, spin, and weave it. I, on the other hand, rise in the morning and find all these before me.”

How lucky we are to have shelter, clothing, and ample food. This Thanksgiving as we bite into juicy Turkey, savory mashed potatoes, and sweet pumpkin pie, may we take time to count our blessings in America. We can live as proud Jews. We can work, study, and live freely. Thank you God for all that you have given us.

I think it’s time to enjoy a slice of pie.

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Rabbi Nancy Myers is the Rabbi of Temple Beth David in Westminster, CA. She received her Masters of Hebrew Letters at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and was ordained as a rabbi in New York City in 1997. Rabbi Myers currently resides in Orange County with her husband Paul Prunty and two children - Gabriel (Gabri) and Shane.

B’nai Mitzvah Kehillah Leadership Council: Building Community TEMPLE BETH SHALOM Ethan David Barlevy

Ethan David Barlevy, son of Al and Nina, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, November 26th, 2016. He will also participate in the Friday Evening Service on November 25th, 2016. Ethan is an eighth grade student of Carmenita Middle School. He has been a student in the Torah School at Temple Beth Shalom since Kindergarten, which has prepared him well for this momentous occasion. Outside of the shul, Ethan is involved in digital photography, culinary arts, movies, reading, and video games. Ethan and his parents cordially invite the congregation to join them in their simchah on Friday’s Oneg Shabbat, as well as the Kiddush on Saturday.

By Sharon Kenigsberg, Director of Endowments & Community Development

For over 16 years, the leaders of our community have convened four times a year as a body called the Kehillah Leadership Council. Convened by the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County, the mission of Kehillah (which means community) is to build a sense of community, identify synergistic opportunities, and address shared issues and concerns of our community.

This council is comprised of both agency and synagogue professionals, clergy, and lay leaders. A few of the programs that were incubated at Kehillah were the Community Purim Carnival, Friends Feeding Friends, and the “Rabbinic Reflections” column in the Chronicle.

Under the chairmanship of Rabbi Howard Laibson, we continue to work together on community-wide programs and festivals. A few of the

Kehillah Leadership Council

December 4 - Federation Super Sunday December 4 - Hebrew Academy Auction Royale December 23 - Community Chanukah Musical Shabbat

Celebration January 7 - Temple Israel Concert January 12 - Community Women’s Challah Bake January 22 - Legacy of Leadership January 25 - CSULB Jewish Studies Lecture January 26 - JFCS Board Installation dates reserved for upcoming For more information about email to Sharon Kenigsberg: major events this year are the Kehillah Leadership sharonk@jewishlongbeach.org. listed above.

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JFCS Call Today! We’re Here to Help!

3801 E. WILLOW STREET, LONG BEACH, CA 90815 WEB: www.jfcslongbeach.org EMAIL: jfcs@jfcslongbeach.org PHONE: 562-427-7916

National Family Caregivers Month November is National Family Caregivers Month, and it reminds us that it is so important for caregivers to take care of themselves first.

Caregiving can be profoundly rewarding, but also difficult and stressful for the physical and emotional demands it places on the caregiver.

Many of our counseling clients come to us with issues surrounding their roles as caregivers for a friend or loved one. The weight of responsibility for a human being who is not able to live without another’s help can be overwhelming, resulting in anxiety. So often, those who are caregivers can become depressed, because they have heightened awareness of their own humanity and concerns that they may fall short of expectations, whether real or imagined.

Self-care is of prime importance in the life of one

who cares for a loved one.

It is paramount to call “time out” and step away from the caregiver role, if only for a short time. Not doing so can lead to deterioration of the caregiver’s physical and mental health.

In addition to counseling services, JFCS’ Older Adult Services team is here to help caregivers with a wide range of services. They can make regularly scheduled visits to provide ongoing assessment and guidance to caregivers, and they are a wealth of information when it comes to resources and services to meet the needs of the loved one. They can help caregivers navigate the Medicare and Social Security systems, provide money management, and arrange for a friendly visitor to come and spend time with the caregiver’s loved one.

Our recent collaboration with 24Hr HomeCare offers non-medical in-home care

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so that caregivers can have some time for themselves to rejuvenate their spirits. Services such as meal preparation, light housekeeping, transportation, and personal care can be tailored to suit both the needs of the caregiver and the loved one.

Please reach out to Jewish Family & Children’s Service by calling our office at (562) 427-7916 and let us know how we can help you be the best caregiver you can be.

(l-r): Debbie Feldman (JFCS Board Member & Outreach Committee Chair) and Pattie Davidson (JFCS Director of Development & Communications) represent JFCS to potential VA employee donors at the Long Beach VA Hospital’s Combined Federal Campaign Kick-Off on October 13th.

Did you know?

In 2015, JFCS provided 6600 hours of counseling services to our clients?

Lindsey Sheesley (r) joins Wendy Manasse (c) and David Wiese (l) on stage at RUNWAY after hearing her name called as the lucky winner of the New York Experience drawing. Lindsey was one of the student designers whose creation was featured at RUNWAY.

Over $47,000 raised for JFCS!

Thank you to all who supported RUNWAY: The Art of Design

THE ART OF DESIGN the runway Committee Wendy Manasse Wiese Pattie Davidson

Judith Carey Fisher Hyra George

Silvia Kahn Kathryn Miles

Sheryl Stewart David Wiese

JFCS acknowledges with deepest gratitude the generosity and vision of Wendy Manasse and David Wiese, who underwrote all event costs.

Sponsors COUTURE

Linda Haley & Dr. Marvin Zamost Binnie and Jack Berro

DESIGNER

Dr. Leslie and Dr. Aaron Kern Debbie and Rob Feldman Sally Manasse Jill and Mark Rapp Arlene Solomon

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Gael and Dr. Glenn Libby Kathryn Miles Susan and Brian Miles Barbara Wolfe Susan and Mort Stuhlbarg Shirley and Eugene Ross Shari Nemirow Sandy and Dr. Geoff Carr Dr. Karen Zoller and Dr. David Tillman

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Rita Moore Dr. Gail and Dr. Tom Levy Karen Autry Frieda Rapoport Caplan Anonymous Pattie and Marc Davidson Myrna Simon Rita and Dr. Barry Zamost Nancy and Dr. Jim Linden Sherri and Bernie Selmanson Norma and Jan Stein Sheryl and Jeff Stewart

Deborah Goldfarb Carol and Ed Lieberman Kristina and Bill Shafton Sandy and Jerry Horwitz Julie Kinsbursky Ellen Goldenberg Loren Miner Dr. Mark Dressner and Dr. Matt Davis and Trevor Sally and Robert Reingold with Adam Reingold and Melissa Selmanson

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Staff Spotlight: Susan Mathieu . . . . . . . 2a Mega Challah Bake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2a 92Y - Confronting Religious Violence . . 2a

The Ethical Life: Jewish Values . . . . . . . 3a Senior Adult Thanksgiving Lunch. . . . . . 3a GesherCity Shabbat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3a

Member Spotlight: Nancy McLain . . . . . 4a Zumba Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4a Veterans’ Day Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4a

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AJCC STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Message from the Executive Director

As we conclude the High Holiday season and Thanksgiving approaches, I consider this a good time of year to take a step back and think of all the things I am grateful for.

I am grateful to be working with an incredibly hard-working, creative, and caring team who strives every day to make a difference in the lives of all of our members.

I am grateful for our passionate, dedicated, and committed Board of Directors, which guides our vital and vibrant agency.

I am grateful for the tremendous community partners we have with the Federation, JFCS, Hillel, The Hebrew Academy, and all the community synagogues and agencies, for together we strengthen our community and make it a truly special place to live.

I am grateful for all of our community leaders and donors who make what we do possible.

I am grateful for the wonderfully diverse membership that fills our building with laughter, love, and friendship.

I am grateful for my incredible family, who give me strength, support, love, and so much joy!

I am grateful to be able to work for an organization that I truly love, that is so deeply part of who I am, and that I can honestly call my home.

I am grateful that with all that is happening around the country and world, that the Alpert JCC is truly an oasis where everyone is special and is welcomed warmly into our community.

I am grateful that the Alpert JCC is a neighborhood and gathering place that is guided by Jewish values and ideals and is open to all!

I am grateful for all of the above, for with all of the pieces working together, we create what the JCC is all about: a strong, thriving community filled with activity, compassion, health, growth, education, and a sense of belonging.

I hope that as you reflect on what you are grateful for this year, you include the Alpert Jewish Community Center, a vibrant place which will always be for you, as it is for me, Your Center For Life.

L’Shalom

Jeffrey Rips

AJCC Executive Director

Susan Mathieu

Senior Adult Coordinator

When Susan Mathieu was a teenager, her family came to the JCC pool every day. She loved growing up here at the J, and she participated in the teen programs, including camp and Summer Stock (she was in Bye Bye Birdie where she had one line!). In those days, the teens had a senate which trained them for leadership roles in the community. “The senate program was my foundation for leadership. I was also a camp counselor for five summers when we had the resident camp, Camp Kadimah. There was a program called CLEW, (Center Leadership Educational Workshop) where they taught the teens to be leaders. We traveled to different Jewish centers throughout the southwest and stayed in people’s homes, and they would come here and stay with us. It was a great exchange program.

“I believe that as a professor at CSU Long Beach, I used many of the techniques and tenets of leadership that I learned here in all these programs. My sons Daniel and Joseph both went to camp here, and I was thrilled when Daniel joined the AJCC Board of Directors last year.

The continuity is great. In fact, many of the friendships I made here as a teenager, I still have as my friends.”

Susan went to CSULB for her BA in Recreation Administration and her MS in Recreational Therapy. After she graduated, she worked at a Family Counseling Center for children who had been abused. “Then I was recruited to teach a class, and at that point I returned to school for my doctorate in Educational Leadership at the University of La Verne. I taught at Cal State Long Beach and CSU Dominguez Hills for 17 years.

“When I retired from CSULB in May of 2009, a friend told me there was an opening in the Senior Adult department at the J, and I was lucky enough to get the position I began working in June.” When Susan began, it was a very small program and only about 15 -20 people came to lunch. “Working with Susan Paletz,” Susan explains, “we have been very successful in building the program. We average about 60-75 people weekly now. And for our special events, such as New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July, we will sometimes have 200 adults!

“One of my favorite programs is the Happiness & Humor Group that meets the first Friday of every month. It’s really popular, and we have people from all over the Greater Long Beach area attend. Sometimes we’ve had as many as 70 participants. The Seniors come and they make friends and many people leave going out to lunch and making play dates. It’s fantastic.

“I feel so fortunate in my position to feel free to take risks with new programs. Jeffrey Rips and Susan Paletz encourage me to go where my vision takes me. And I have a great adult team with Shlomit Jackson and Ronnie Levine. They have made it possible for me to expand the program a little more each year. When Jeffrey comes into my programs, I love introducing him to my participants and letting them know that I couldn’t do what I do without the support of Jeffrey and the Board of Directors. The AJCC has had such a profound influence on me. It has given me my foundation for life, for being a part of a community, for being kind, and for advocacy.”

Susan is thrilled to announce that a new book Facilitation Techniques used in Therapeutic Recreation, in which she has a chapter on Therapeutic Humor, has just been released. Susan is affiliated with Congregation Ner Tamid in Palos Verdes and she volunteers there leading caregiver support groups. She is married with two sons and lives in Seal Beach.

- Interview by Erika Hillinger

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If you’re not a member of the AJCC, speak with one of our Membership Services specialists and learn how you can start benefiting from MVP pricing today.

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SeniorS

Shlomit Jackson, sjackson@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1067

Dr. Susan Mathieu, smathieu@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1721

Rosh Chodesh with ChayaLeah

Sr. Adult Lunch Programs

Cook a Shabbat meal in an hour!

We will make chicken soup and more in preparation for Shabbat. FREE

RSVP to Dr. Susan Mathieu (562) 426-7601 x1721 • smathieu@alpertjcc.org

tuesday, november 1, 6pm

“The History Lady” Cathleen Lamb

Contact Shlomit Jackson, (562) 426-7601 x1067 or sjackson@alpertjcc.org

Wednesday, november 2, 12pm

Farmer's fresh meal sponsored by HealthCare Partners.

The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of Choice

The Prime Time Players

november 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, December 6; at 7pm

Wednesday, november 9, 12pm A picnic lunch will be served.

Final 6 classes on Ethics from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Led by Rabbi David Cantor $18/Per session, includes six classes and materials.

Jewelry Workshop

Wednesday, november 16, 12pm

Contact Shlomit Jackson, (562) 426-7601 x1067 or sjackson@alpertjcc.org

We will celebrate November birthdays and have The Jewelry Maven, Barbara Hull, teach us how to make beautiful pieces.

CSULB Jewish Studies Program thursday, november 7, 7:30pm

Marion Kaplan – States of Anxiety and Hope: Jewish Refugees in Portugal, 1940-1945.

Thanksgiving Luncheon

Wednesday, november 23, 12pm

Coffee Talk with ChayaLeah

Guest Stars EVANS & ROGERS, the Hottest New Act in Vaudeville.

Wednesday, December 14, 9:15am

"Get Wiggy With It," a talk with ChayaLeah exploring the customs and traditions of hair covering in Judaism and the laws of modesty. FREE

California Commission on Aging

SPortS & recreAtion

Wednesday, november 30, 12pm

Member Relations Desk (562) 426-7601 x1051

Marian Last, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Youth and Adults Martial Arts

Boxing • Jiu Jitsu • Mixed Martial Arts • Wrestling Youth Sparring • Youth Martial Arts • Private Lessons

Mixed Martial Arts/Self Defense

Sundays, 1:30-2:30pm • Wednesday, 6-7pm

Mixed Martial Arts is for pre-teens, teens, and adults. This class will challenge students in every way -- mentally, physically and psychologically.

Your "A" game is a requirement. Beginners are welcome.

Contact Sensei Mac at (562) 688-9994 if you have any questions.

Around the J

JeWiSH LiFe & cULtUre

Medicare Basics and Options For You Friday, november 4, 12:30pm

Thomas Grajeda, an independent insurance broker, will provide the most up-todate information on the 2017 benefit changes and assist in comparing available options. Free. All are welcome.

RSVP to Dr. Susan Mathieu (562) 426-7601 x1721 • smathieu@alpertjcc.org

Senior Shabbat

For more info. visit alpertjcc.org

Friday, november 18, 12pm

Join the music of Kelly Cooper and share a light lunch with friends.

RSVP to Dr. Susan Mathieu (562) 426-7601 x1721 smathieu@alpertjcc.org

Ongoing Alpert JCC Senior Activities

Knit Wits: Mon, 1-3pm • Senior Lunch: Wed, 12-2pm Bridge Lessons: Wed, 1:30pm • Mah Jongg: Thur, 11:30-3pm

GeSHercitY YoUnG ADULtS

Sponsored by the Alpert JCC and Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach

Dana Schneider, dschneider@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1023

GesherCity Shabbat Dinner Friday, november 4, 7:30pm

Experience Shabbat with great music, food and friends.

Contact Dana Schneider for more information

Film Festival

Saturday, november 12, 6:30pm

Join GesherCity for yummy falafel and drinks before the screening of Atomic Falafel at the AJCC Jewish film festival. Film begins at 7:30pm $10 includes reception and film!

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YOUTH & FAMILY

AJCC Member Spotlight

Gayle Ehrenberg, gehrenberg@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1205

Nancy McLain

Veterans’ Day Camp at the AJCC!

Awarded Stanley V. Goldin Senior of the Year Award

Nancy McLain first came to the AJCC three years ago and has become invaluable to just about every department. Her hard work and dedication earned her this year’s Stanley V. Goldin Senior of the Year award at the AJCC Annual Meeting. Nancy grew up in Long Beach, went to CSULB for a degree in Physical Therapy, “and then I lived and worked in the San Fernando Valley for a good while. I then lived and worked in the Central California Mountains for 20 years before moving to Northern Virginia in 1998. I came home to Long Beach to retire in November 2013. I discovered the JCC in March of 2014 while I was looking for a Tai Chi class and found not only the perfect class, but the place I wanted to spend my time. I don’t go anywhere else. The Alpert JCC is ‘my center for life.’

“I have made a world of friends here. First I started volunteering for Susan Mathieu in the Senior lunch program. I was still working part time and that was my only available day. Then I met Ronnie Levine and volunteered to help with event registrations for the Jewish Film Festival and other evening programs. One thing led to another. I went to the Women’s Weekend and met a lot more people.

I volunteered for the Purim Carnival and met Gayle Ehrenberg and Shlomit Jackson and helped with their programs. When I fully retired in April of 2015, I was able to make myself available to ECE and the Federation as well.”

One of the places you will frequently find Nancy is in the AJCC kitchen. As she explains, “I helped in the kitchen with Maureen Lawrence’s drama show last year, and I had never worked in a kitchen before. Now I am in the kitchen all the time!

I enjoy helping with the Senior lunches and with Susan’s Happiness & Humor group. I just love all of it.

November 11 Regular Day: 9am-4pm • Extended Day: 7am-6pm

The day will be jam-packed with fun activities, from arts & crafts to team games.

We will decorate cards to be sent to troops overseas and have our own mini boot camp! Don’t miss this great day!

Get your camper signed up today! Contact Dana Schneider, Camp Director, (562) 426-7601 x1023 or dschneider@alpertjcc.org

Thanksgiving Break Camp

Monday-Wednesday, November 21-23 Regular Day: 9am-4pm • Extended Day: 7am-6pm

Three great days of school's-out fun!! The theme of Thanksgiving camp will be “Gratitude.” We will play sports, create arts & crafts, tie dye, participate in a community service project, and have a Thanksgiving cook off! Each day will be filled with fun activities designed to keep our campers engaged, happy and exploring the theme of Gratitude (Hakarat Hatov). Campers will reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

Get your camper signed up today! Contact Dana Schneider, Camp Director, (562) 426-7601 x1023 or dschneider@alpertjcc.org

“The energy of this place is special. I tried other places for my fitness classes, and they don’t have the energy and the positive feel that this place has.

I really appreciate the multi-generational attitude and acceptance here.

It keeps you young and keeps you strong. You can feel the positive energy as soon as you approach the front door.

Nancy is very modest when talking about receiving the Goldin Senior of the Year award: “I was so surprised to receive the recognition because volunteering makes me feel useful. I did not expect to be rewarded for what gives me pleasure anyway.

I was very touched.”

Dr. Susan Mathieu, Senior Adult Coordinator, works closely with Nancy and adds with heartfelt enthusiasm, “It’s hard for me to imagine my position before Nancy.

She anticipates what we need before we even know we need it. And she loves being here as much as we do. She inspires us.”

- Interview by Erika Hillinger

Early Childhood Education Alayna Cosores, acosores@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1090

From the Beginning

Jeffrey Rips, Gwendolyn Larsen, Matt Davis

Donation of Books to Rogers Middle School

Alpert JCC Executive Director Jeffrey Rips and Board Vice President Matt Davis presented 40 copies of Night by Elie Wiesel to Gwendolyn Larsen, Rogers Middle School’s 8th grade Accelerated Language Arts teacher. The books will be used, along with Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, to teach Ms. Larsen’s section on the Holocaust. The donation of these books was made possible by a donor-directed gift to the AJCC. For more information on donor-directed giving, or to learn how you can support the AJCC’s outreach to our larger community, please contact Nicole Malina, Director of Development, at nmalina@alpertjcc.org or (562) 426-7601 x1421.

Join us for this free class that will help you connect with your baby in a fun and educational way.

Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30am

Newborn-Walking with an adult We’d love to see you and your little one in our free From the Beginning program.

It is the perfect place to bond with your baby, share your experiences, ask questions, get advice, and make lifelong friends. The teacher will set up a play area for the babies and parents to explore together. FREE

WELLNESS & FITNESS

Fred Johnson, fjohnson@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1056

AQUATICS Ignacio Berumen, iberumen@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1020

Prep Swim Team

Monday & Wednesday / Tuesday & Thursday / 4:30-5:15pm

The Prep Swim Team is a perfect stepping stone to the more advanced Competitive Youth Swim Team. The goal of the program is to get kids ready for a swim team, Junior Lifeguard programs, and/or water polo. Freestyle, back stroke, butterfly and breast stroke are all taught and refined. Participants must be able to swim 25 yards freestyle with side breathing to qualify for Prep Team.

Group Swim Lessons

Mon & Wed or Tues & Thurs (30-minute lessons) Tiny Tots: 1pm | 1:30pm | 3pm | 3:30pm Beginner: 1pm | 1:30pm | 2pm | 2:30pm | 5pm | 5:30pm Adv. Beginner: 2pm | 3:30pm

It’s A Zumba Party

Adult Group Swim Lessons

Sunday, November 27, 2-4pm

6pm, Monday & Wednesday (30-Min. • Fundamentals)

Join our fabulous AJCC Zumba instructors for the best 2 hours of your life!

There will be dancing, raffle prizes, refreshments, and fun.

Pre-Sale: $10; $5/MVP • Door Price: $15; $10/MVP

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Sign up at the Member Courtesy Desk or contact Fred Johnson, AJCC Fitness & Wellness Manager, (562) 426-7601 x1056 or fjohnson@alpertjcc.org

Kids and Adults Private Swim Lessons One-on-One Lessons for All Ages

Our instructors are Red Cross lifeguards and Water Safety Instructor trained and certified. (4) 15-Min: $120; $95/MVP • (4) 30-Min: $180; $150/MVP

MVP: The MVP price is the "Member Value Price" that gives our members an automatic discount to the fee we charge for our programs and events.

If you’re not a member of the AJCC, speak with one of our Membership Services specialists and learn how you can start benefiting from MVP pricing today.

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HILLEL AT CSULB FOR MORE INFORMATION: WEB: www.beachhillel.org EMAIL: info@beachhillel.org PHONE: 562-426-7601 ext 1424

Our New Diversity Shabbat Series is a Major Success!

Long Beach Hillel’s students enjoying Persian food & Farsi music at the “Shabbat in Persia” event.

One of Beach Hillel’s focuses this year is on the diversity of cultural expression and togetherness within the Jewish community and the State of Israel.

On November 4th, we will host our Inaugural “Shabbat in Persia” event, in partnership with J.I.M.E.N.A., also known as Jews in the Middle East and North Africa. “Shabbat in Persia” is a wonderful opportunity for students in attendance to embrace diverse Jewish cultures.

They are able to taste the flavors of Persia and immerse themselves in the sounds of Persia through a beautiful a musical experience.

Our students are excited to experience more Diversity Shabbats in addition to the traditional shabbats that are held throughout year

with the support of the local community.

Beach Hillel will often revamp Shabbat dinners by providing a unique theme to them, including: “Pink Shabbat” on Valentine’s Day featuring foods that contain aphrodisiacs, a “Rainbow Shabbat” to incorporate the LGBTQ community into Judaism, and an “Israeli Shabbat” that builds a unique experience from abroad.

If you’re a community member and would like to contribute to the success of our Shabbat dinners, please contact Long Beach Hillel’s Executive Director, Rachel Kaplan, at Rachel@ BeachHillel.org. If you are interested in learning more about Diversity Shabbats, contact Alicia Ginsberg at Alicia@BeachHillel.org!

Fighting Student Poverty Through a Pantry Which Feeds All For the last few years, the University Interfaith Center (UIC) Food Pantry has led the charge in providing sustainable nutrition options for food-challenged students at Cal State Long Beach.

With over 1,000 pounds of food and plans to intake more donations in the near future, the UIC Food Pantry is equipped to tackle the task of student poverty through food provision.

Offerings include, but aren’t limited to, easily preparable meals, canned tuna, peanut butter, canned fruit & low-sodium vegetables, and canned legumes. The food pantry is located in the Soroptimist House on Beach Drive, and is operated as a partnership between Long Beach Hillel, Cooperative Protestant Campus Ministry, The University Interfaith Center (UIC) Food Pantry at Cal State Long Beach offers students in need with a variety of canned and packaged goods to allow them to focus on their education without the struggles of having limited funds. To donate food, please contact the Long Beach Hillel’s Executive and the Department of Nutrition.

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HEBREW ACADEMY

Award Winning Academics in a Genuine Jewish Environment 14401 WILLOW LANE, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647 WEB: www.hacds.org PHONE: 714-898-0051 CAMP SILVER GAN ISRAEL: www.campsgi.com

The Correlation Between Art and Academic Performance

A preschooler, a second grader, and a high schooler working on their geometric abstractions for an art class assignment.

Studies show that there is a correlation between art and other achievement. A report by Americans for the Arts states

that young participate in regular basis more likely to

people who the arts on a are four times be recognized

for academic achievement, to participate in a math and science fair, or to win an award for writing an essay or poem than children who do not participate.

Each week in The Hebrew Academy’s art room, students of all ages tackle the same visual theme. This week is geometric abstraction. Basic shapes are drawn intersecting each other to create new shapes. An alternating pattern is then applied when coloring.

The effect is an optical illusion that dazzles the eye.

Next week, students will study the life and work of Sonia Delaunay, the Jewish painter and textile designer. She is famous for her radical use of shape and color and was the

Come to Auction Royale!

On Sunday, December 4th, 2016, The Hebrew Academy of Huntington Beach, twice awarded the U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon Award, will be hosting its annual Auction Royale & Dinner fundraiser event.

This event is supported entirely through the generosity of individuals and businesses that kindly donate merchandise, gift certificates, services, as well as cash contributions.

This historically successful fundraiser is attended by nearly 300 guests each year.

It’s a gala evening of fun, “By the Parents for the Parents”, to benefit the school’s buildings and grounds, as well as its stellar educational programs.

Proceeds from this event support the school’s financial aid program, enhance classroom technology, expand the liberal arts department, develop the library, and enlarge the sports program.

Last year, funds went towards upgrading the lunch

area, in 2014 to upgrade the Library Courtyard, in 2013 to upgrade the school library, and in 2012 to upgrade the kindergarten playground.

Over $100,00 was raised for special projects through the auction event.

The emphasis of Auction Royale is on socializing—it’s a chance for parents, teachers, alumni, and administrators to get to know each other while enjoying a wonderful live auction, entertainment, cocktails, and a delicious gourmet buffet.

It would be an honor if you would come and join The Hebrew Academy on Sunday, December 4th, 2016 at The Centre in Lakewood, CA for our inspiring event.

For more information or to reserve your seats, please contact Jenny Kdoshim at (714) 898-0051 ext. 223 or (909) 559-5674, or email eventshahb@gmail.com.

We look forward to greeting you!

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first living female to be given a retrospective at the Louvre.

Everyone is capable of making great art, but it helps to have a good coach. At The Hebrew Academy, we’ve made it a priority to give the gift of art to every student. “It is thrilling to see students take on bigger and bigger artistic challenges. The improvements really are astounding,” said art teacher, Erica Wolfsen.

According to the report

by Americans for the Arts, art education strengthens problem-solving and criticalthinking skills. The experience of making decisions and choices in the course of creating art carries over into other parts of life. “If they are exploring and thinking and experimenting

and trying new ideas, then creativity has a chance to blossom,” says MaryAnn Kohl, an arts educator and author of numerous books about children’s art education.

Dr. Kerry Freedman, Head of Art & Design Education at Northern Illinois University reports, “Children need to know more about the world than just what they can learn through text and numbers. Art education teaches students how to interpret, criticize, and use visual information, and how to make choices based on it.” Knowledge about the visual arts, such as graphic symbolism, is key in helping kids become smart consumers and navigate a world filled with marketing logos.

Anti-Defamation League of Orange County/Long Beach (ADL) will be honoring Bruno & Raquel Ledwin and Gila & Ayal Willner at the 2016 “Make A Difference” Brunch on Sunday, December 4th, 2016 at the Island Hotel Newport Beach, located at 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.

Gila & Ayal Willner are alumni of ADL’s Leadership program, board members, and loyal supporters of the ADL as well as many other organizations in and out of the Jewish Community. Both have served on the board of Congregation B’nai Israel.

Gila is also a long-time board member of the Community Scholar Program, a past board member of the Bureau of Jewish Education, and a past president of the parentteacher organizations at both Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School and the Orange County School of the Arts.

Both Willners have been AIPAC Council members.

Ayal has been appointed to AIPAC’s National Council and also currently serves as AIPAC’s Orange County/ Long Beach Regional Chair.

Bruno & Raquel Ledwin are long time supporters of the Merage Jewish Community

Center, Jewish Federation & Family Services, Orange County, and are ADL board and executive committee members. Bruno is on the ADL National Commission and an Honorary Member of the National Executive Committee. He has been on eight overseas trips with ADL delegations to meet with the highest level government officials seeking assurances of support and safety for the Jewish Communities within those countries. Raquel and Bruno also worked as a team on the Children of the Dream, coordinating and sponsoring a cultural exchange program of Ethiopian-Israeli students that visited Orange County and a student delegation that was sent to Israel.

This year’s “Make A Difference Brunch” special guest speaker will be ADL National Director Emeritus, Abraham H. Foxman.

Event sponsors start at $1,250 before November 18th. Individual tickets are $100 before November 18th. After November 18th, individual tickets will cost $125.

For more information, call (949) 679-3737 or visit adl.org/2016OCLBBrunch.

CSULB Jewish Lecture Series

Dr. Marion Kaplan

The CSULB Jewish Studies Program is very pleased to welcome Dr. Marion Kaplan to Long Beach to discuss her research on Jewish refugees in Portugal during the Second World War. The Skirball Professor of Modern

Jewish History at New York University (NYU) and threetime winner of the National Jewish Book Award, her talk will take place at the Alpert Jewish Community Cente on the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus (3801 E. Willow Street, Long Beach, CA 90815) on November 7th, at 7:30 pm.

Beginning in 1940, tens of thousands of Jewish refugees from all over Europe poured into neutral Portugal. Lisbon especially became a city of transit and intrigue, sheltering not only the refugees and the organizations that provided them aid, but Allied and Axis coalitions, all of whom populated the cafes and public gathering places.

Dr. Kaplan’s talk will

examine the lives of these refugees. She will also look at the behaviors of the Portuguese national government circa 1940’s, as well as local governments, civil servants, Portuguese citizens, and Jewish and transnational philanthropies.

Dr. Kaplan will also examine how the refugees coped psychologically with their situation, both publicly and privately.

Like all CSULB Jewish Studies Program talks, this concert and discussion is free and open to the public. There is no need to reserve a space.

For more information on this talk or spring semester events, please send an email to Dr. Jeffrey Blutinger at jeffrey.blutinger@csulb.edu.

Return of NCJW’s Thanksgiving Tea to Benefit “For the Child” On November 3rd, 2016, at 1:00 pm, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) will be hosting a Thanksgiving Tea event to benefit For The Child at the Alpert Jewish Community Center on the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus.

Members will bring Thanksgiving food items for the families served by the “Thanksgiving Tea - For The

Child” program. Refreshments will be served. RSVP with $5 to Michelle Sztraicher at 370 Peralta Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803 or pay $7 at the door.

For The Child is a local non-profit whose mission is to build healthy lives for children and families, free of abuse, neglect and violence.

On Tuesday, November 15th, 2016, at 6:30 pm,

NCJW members will fill hug packs. Volunteers are needed. If you are interested, please visit the website at http://www.ncjwlongbeach. org/contact-us

Celebrate “Latkes & Vodka” with Hadassah Join Hadassah Southern California for a special evening of laughter and comedy featuring comedian, Avi Liberman. The event will be held on Sunday, November 20th, 2016 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Temple Beth Sholom, 2625 N. Tustin Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92705.

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October 18 - 25, 2017 PJ Library is a program that sends free, quality Jewish books to families with children ages 6 months - 8 years old.

Each month, children enrolled in the program will receive an age appropriate book or CD in the mail that introduces them to Jewish values, ideas and traditions. These subscriptions are free thanks to the partnership of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County, the Alpert Jewish Community Center (AJCC), Temple Israel, Congregation Shir Chadash (CSC), and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.

One of the goals of PJ Library of Greater Long Beach is to connect families through PJ Library events.

Upcoming events include: a PJ Party Pizza Night at

the AJCC on Thursday, December 8th at 6:00 pm.

On Friday, December 16th at 6:00 pm, Temple Israel will hold a PJ Library event in conjunction with their Tot Shabbat. It will be a Chanukah themed service, followed by a free pizza dinner and crafts.

On Saturday, January 28th, 2016, Congregation Shir Chadash will be hosting a PJ Library Havdalah at 6:00 pm at the AJCC on the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus. In addition, CSC will be hosting a Family Passover Celebration on Friday, April 14th at the AJCC, starting at 6:00 pm.

To enroll in PJ Library or to be put on their email subscription list, contact Amy Levenstein-Pulido at apulido@jewishlongbeach.org or (562) 426-7601 ext. 1417.

Jerusalem • Masada • Upper Galilee • Golan • Tel Aviv • Beersheva Golfing • Wineries • High Tech Visits INTERESTED? Join us for an informational meeting

Tuesday, November 29, 2017 | 6:30 pm CALL (562) 426-7601 | Danny x1007 Attention Students/Teachers!@

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• No minimum GPA or grades required

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• More than $25,000 in cash prizes and awards

11/11/2016

• Open to ALL students, grades 5-12

Teachers and coaches, simply visit our website at clubzaward.com or ask your guidance counselor for the Club Z! Annual Achievement Award, and nominate a student today!

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Pamela Schulman-Flores,

Erin Cherson, Architect & Ava Weiss, CEO Specializing in Residential and Commercial Projects

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LAW Lawrence H. Nemirow,ESQ Business Law, Insurance Law, Trusts and Estates 5242 Katella Ave., Suite 104 Los Alamitos, CA 90720

(562) 799-1379 www.nemlawyer.com

­CARDIOVASCULAR Los Alamitos Cardiovascular Celebrating 36 Years!

Stuart Fischer, MD, FACC,

FACP, FSCAI, CCDS

Steven T. Forman, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RVT

Timothy F. O’Neill, MD Bret A. Witter, MD, FACC, FACP

Ramandeep K. Barr,

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Do you owe back taxes to the IRS, California or any other state?

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Call today to sleep better tonight.

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GASTROENTEROLOGY Allan Effron, MD FACG Stomach Pain, Change in Bowel Habits, Colon Cancer Screenings Most Insurance Accepted

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ORTHODONTICS

Tributes

• Harry Oster

Send a special gift to honor, memorialize, or congratulate friends & family for all occasions.

We will send a card on your behalf.

Jewish

FEDERATION GENERAL FUND IN MEMORY OF • Jack Blecher to Renee Simon

Jewish Federation Board, Leadership & Staff

• John Kramer to Ellen Kramer

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• Rabbi Mordechai Sufrin to Boruch & ChayaLeah Sufrin Jewish Federation Board, Leadership & Staff

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• Devorah & Avraham Sklar

Phyllis Spear

JFCS tributes: 562-427-7916

Son & New Daughter-in-Law to Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Sklar Joyce & Mike Greenspan

• Rabbi & Mrs. Uri Sklar

Proud Parents & Parents-in-Law to Devorah & Avraham Sklar Binnie & Jack Berro

AJCC GENERAL FUND MAZEL TOV ON NEW MARRIAGES • Alex & Natalie Levine

Phyllis & Jesse Metzger

Performance Vein Institute of Los Alamitos

Stephen & Linda Gordon

• Gary Fields

• Benjamin Mathieu

Dr. Susan I. Mathieu

Your Legs Made Better

• Ruth Stotland

Steven T. Forman,

Herbert & Barbara Reff

AJCC tributes: 562-426-7601 EXT 1414

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Proud Parents & Parents-in-Law to Noah & Joanna Libby Binnie & Jack Berro

SEYMOUR PIZER FUND HAPPY BIRTHDAY • Sandy Horwitz

Jewish Federation & Jewish Community Foundation tributes: 562-426-7601 EXT 1314

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MAZEL TOV ON NEW MARRIAGES • Gael & Dr. Glenn Libby

Liz & Terry Fiskin

HAPPY BIRTHDAY • Jessie Butler

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Dearest Mother Suzy Oster

Dr. Susan Mathieu & Pam Krug

Robert S. Lee, MD

Small Business accounting & income taxes for Corporations, Partnerships, Individuals 5242 Katella, #104, Los Alamitos

• Blanka Zimmermann

MARCIE BALAN BLAKEY FUND HAPPY BIRTHDAY • Sandy Horwitz

Brodsky Orthodontics

MD, FACC, FHRS

Shari D. Nemirow, C.P.A.

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JFCS

PODIATRY Eric R. Hubbard, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.S. Memorial Podiatry Group

Board Certified-Foot & Ankle Surgery Adult’s and Children’s Foot Disorders Athletic Injuries-Custom Orthotics 2333 Pacific Ave., Long Beach

(562) 426-5151 (562) 427-7443

GENERAL FUND IN MEMORY OF • Jack Blecher to Renee Simon Binnie & Jack Berro

• Jerry Freeman to Karen & Wayne Freeman Debbie & Rob Feldman

We Mourn The Loss Of ...

Jack Blecher

John Kramer

Rabbi Mordechai Sufrin

Please contact chronicle@jewishlongbeach.org if you know of someone who has passed and would like them to recognized.

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December 29, 2016 Reception at 6:30pm • Concert at 7:30pm Featuring CANTOR ALBERTO MIZRAHI and others TICKETS@TBSLB.ORG

THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE EGALITARIAN CONGREGATION IN LONG BEACH SISTERHOOD OF TEMPLE BETH SHALOM INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE

Annual Torah Fu nd Event NOVEMBER 13, 2016 at 9:45AM

Please join us in honoring HAZZAN JUDY SOFER with the Ha’ya Olam Award.

REB MIMI FEIGELSON, DHL: Speaker

Brunch will be served. A $10.00 couvert is requested.

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A diverse and inclusive Reform congregation inspiring Jewish life in Long Beach for over 90 years!

J O I N O U R W E LC OM I N G T E M PL E FA M I LY “We strive for Temple Israel to be ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A ... like Abraham’s tent, open on all @ Welcoming Multi-Generational Family sides, welcoming to all. In keeping @ Vibrant Center of Lifelong Learning with that philosophy, everyone who wishes to be a supporting member @ Sanctuary for Spirituality & Worship TEMPLE ISRAEL WELCOMES YOU! of our community is welcome, regardless of their ability to pay.”

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For Membership Information, contact us at 562.434.0996

TasTe of Judaism

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In the decades since our founding, we have grown into a thriving, dynamic, inclusive community, welcoming all who seek to learn, experience and celebrate Judaism.

Our members come from all walks of life, including singles, traditional and nontraditional families, gays/lesbians, Jews of color, interfaith couples, retirees and young adults. We are a house of prayer, study and caring – We are a family!

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Thursdays ~ 7:00 p.m.

November 3, 10 & 17

Saturday, November 19 ~ 9:45 a.m.

El Dorado Park, Willow Grove Picnic Site Bring a picnic dinner and join us for this special Service.

Pet-friendly treats served!

For those seeking an initial orientation into an adult approach to study Judaism or searching for an entry into Jewish life

Join us for a 30-minute Beach Clean-Up and participate in the act of tikkun olam followed by a brief Shabbat morning text study

Friday, November 4 ~ 6:00 p.m.

1 Granada Avenue, Long Beach

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